Migration And Globalisation Flashcards

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What is migration?

A

The movement of people internally or internationally.

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Between 1900 to the 1940s, which immigration group was the largest?

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Irish, European Jews and people of British descent from Canada and the USA.

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What are some push factors for migration?

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Unemployment

Economic recesson

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What are some pull factors for migration?

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Higher wages

Better opportunities

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Between 2000 and 2013, what percentage increase in migration was there?

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33%

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What types of migrants did Cohen (2006) identify?

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Citizens
Denizens
Helots

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What are citizens?

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Those people who have full rights within a country e.g. right to vote.

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What are denizens?

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Privileged foreign nationals e.g. billionaire oligarchs.

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What are helots?

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Disposable labour power found in unskilled, poorly paid work. May also include illegally trafficked workers.

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How has the gender division of labour been globalised?

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Almost half of all global migrants are now female and they usually end being given gender stereotyped roles such as carers or providers of sexual services.

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What are assimilation policies?

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Policies which aim to encourage immigrants to adopt the language, values and customs of the host culture.

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What is multiculturalism?

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The idea that migrants may wish to retain a separate cultural identity.

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Why is assimilation bad?

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It ay encourage workers to blame migrants for problems such as unemployment. This benefits capitalism by dividing the working class.

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